In preparation for the revision of the new national security strategy, the government will start full-scale examination work from this week, such as the director of the National Security Bureau Akiba and the executives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense will start hearings with experts. I did.
Prime Minister Kishida said that the security environment surrounding Japan is rapidly becoming harsher, and will write three documents related to national security strategy and defense plan, and the so-called security-related document of the medium-term defense capability development plan until the end of the year. It is a policy to revise to.
To this end, the government will begin full-scale examination work, and the director of the National Security Bureau, Akiba, the director of the General Foreign Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the director of the Defense Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Defense, Masuda, will target experts from the 26th of this week. I decided to start the hearing.
The subjects of the interviews are Shotaro Yachi, former Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shigeru Kitamura, former Director of Cabinet Intelligence, who was the director of the National Security Bureau, and Ryoichi Oriki, who was the chief of staff of the Self-Defense Forces. We are considering experts who are familiar with new areas such as security and space / cyber.
Regarding the new national security strategy, the Liberal Democratic Party's Security Investigation Committee wants to put together a proposal by May, and the government will proceed with the examination based on the contents of the hearing and the party's proposal.